About Notification Email

There are two kinds of notification email that can be sent using notification rules:

• If a Policy Notify rule type is selected, the notification email lists what specified policies have changed, possibly including any changed shared resources.
• If a Limit Notify rule type is selected, the notification email lists what specified limits have been reached. The limits can include device limits, object limits or both.
  • The limit for a device is determined by the license for that device. The email contains the number of devices and the percentage of devices used, based on the maximum number of devices.
  • The limit for objects is a total number of objects for all devices being managed by the BIG-IQ system. Shared objects, such as virtual servers, only count as a single object even if they are used multiple times. The email contains the number of objects for all devices being managed and the percentage of objects used, based on the maximum number of objects.

Creating notification rules

1. Select Notification Rules from the navigation list to display the Notification Rules screen.
2. Click Create and the Notification Rules - New Item screen is displayed.
3. On the Properties tab, specify the appropriate values for the following fields.

   Property	Description
   Name	Specify a name for the notification. This is required.
   Description	Specify a description for the notification
   Email Comment	Specify the content of the email for this notification
   Format	Select the format of the notification to be either Plain Text or CSV.
   Rule Type	Select the type of notification rule to use. Policy Notify indicates that the notification is triggered when the policy has changed. You specify the policy on the Policy Notify tab. Limit Notify indicates that the notification is triggered when a limit has been reached. You specify the limit on the Limit Notify tab.
   Email Recipients	Specify information about one or more email recipients. In the Name field, specify a name for the recipient. In the Email Address field, specify the email address of the recipient. To add another recipient, click the ( + ) plus sign and supply the Name and Email Address fields for that recipient. To remove a recipient, click the (X) to the right of the email recipient.

4. If you specified the Rule Type as Policy Notify, specify the appropriate values for the following fields on the Policy Notify tab.

   Field	Description
   Available Firewall Policies	Select the firewall policy the rule should monitor and notify you when it changes, then click Add . The selected policy is added to the list of firewall policies below the Available Firewall Policies field.
   Notify on Dependent Objects	Determines whether or not dependent objects, such as shared resources, are also monitored by the rule. By default this option is selected, indicating that shared resources should also be monitored.
   Available NAT Policies	Select the NAT policy the rule should monitor and notify you when it changes, then click Add. The selected NAT policy is added to the list of policies below the Available NAT Policies field.
   Notify on Dependent Objects	Determines whether or not dependent objects, such as shared resources, are also monitored by the rule. By default this option is selected, indicating that shared resources should also be monitored.

   You can also add firewall policies or NAT policies by dragging them from the Shared Resources area and dropping them on to the Drop Firewall Policies here to add to the list area or dropping them on the Drop NAT Policies here to add to the list area.

   To delete a policy from the list, click the X to the right of the Notify on Dependent Objects option.

5. If you specified the Rule Type as Limit Notify, specify the appropriate values for the following fields on the Limit Notify tab.

   Field	Description
   Device Limit Notification	Select this check box to be notified when the BIG-IQ system reaches a specified limit.
   Device Limit Thresholds	Specify the device limit thresholds at which a notification email is sent. A device limit is a percentage of the number of BIG-IP devices your BIG-IQ system is managing. You can set up to three limits that are each a percentage of the limit amount by modifying the percentage amount in each of the three device limit threshold fields. For example, if your BIG-IQ system is licensed to handle 10 BIG-IP devices, you would go over the threshold of 49% when 5 BIG-IP devices were being managed.
   Object Limit Notification	Select this check box to be notified when a specified object limit is exceeded.
   Object Limit Thresholds	Specify the object limit thresholds at which a notification email is sent. You can set up to three limits that are each a percentage of the limit amount by modifying the percentage amount in each of the three object limit threshold fields. As more operations occur with more BIG-IP devices, the number of objects in use by the BIG-IQ system grows. The maximum number of objects supported varies depending on the BIG-IP device configuration.

6. Click Save to save the information you have entered and to verify it is syntactically correct.
7. When finished, click Save & Close to save changes, release the lock, and exit the screen.

Scheduling notification rules

Once a notification rule has been created it can be scheduled. To schedule a notification rule, click the check box to the left of the rule to select it, and then click Edit Schedule. The Notification Rules Evaluation Interval dialog is displayed. In this dialog, specify the interval at which the schedule should run.

From the Notification Rules screen in the Policy Editor, you can edit notification rules.

1. Click the name of the notification rule to edit that rule and display the editing screen.
2. The rule is locked for editing.
3. Change the property and field values that you need to modify.
4. Click Save to save changes.
5. When finished, click Save & Close to save changes, release the lock, and exit the screen.

From the Notification Rules screen in the Policy Editor, you can remove notification rules.

1. Select the rule to be removed by clicking the check box to the left of the rule.
2. Click Delete.